After Seattle Seahawks made significant changes to their roster in the offseason and started 2018 regulars season 0-2, it looked like Pete Carroll’s team is heading towards a rebuild. But the Seahawks then won eight out of their 14 following games and then secured the wild-card berth on Sunday night with a 38-31 win against the AFC leaders Kansas City Chiefs.
This marks the second time in four seasons that Seahawks managed to get to the postseason after starting 0-2. Only 28 teams managed to do this feat since 1990 when NFL introduced 12 teams playoffs.
The win against the Chiefs was especially impressive and surprising since Seattle was coming off an unexpected 23-26 overtime loss the week before against the San Francisco 49ers who had nothing to play for.
“There’s an emotion to it that’s deep, and it’s because there wasn’t very many people that thought we could do this,” – said coach Carroll. “Most everybody thought we didn’t have a chance.“
Seattle Seahawks were led by quarterback Russell Wilson, who ended the game by completing 18 out of 29 passes for 271 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Chris Carson added two more rushing TDs while running for a total of 116 yards.
“If you remember, I told you guys he was the most well-conditioned guy that showed up when we returned in April,” –said Carroll of Carson. “There was nobody that was more fit, nobody was more ready for the work. I don’t know how he did it, but he’s just unbelievable, and that commitment that he has, it carried through the whole season.“
Seattle’s defense also stepped in big time, making crucial stops while dealing with the league’s most explosive offense. Bobby Wagner had game-high 12 tackles, Bradley McDougald added seven while Dion Jordan added five more alongside sacking Chiefs’ QB Patrick Mahomes.
